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G. S. JOHNSTON.

GOGGLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-11,1919.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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Gl-EURGE S. JOSTON, 0F EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR I0 GEO. JOHNSTON To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l[, Gnome S. JoHNsroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Goggles and the llke, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has to do with improvements in goggles and has particular reference to improvements in goggles WlllCh are very well adapted for use by mechanics and operators in various lines of the applied arts.

While the features of the invention are very well adapted for use in conjunctlon with goggles intended for use by mechanics, it will be understood that said features are in no Wise limited to such goggles, but inmany cases will be found to be of great desirability and usefulness in connection with goggles for other purposes such, for instance, as automobile and motor vehicle drivers. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a very simple and inexpensive means for removably su porting the lenses in place in the lens hol ers, so that in case of breakage or in case it should be desirable to change either or both of said lenses, such change may be very readily effected and Without the necessity of using special tools or equipment for this purpose.

Another object in this connection is to provide a very inexpensive and simple supporting and holding device, and at the same j time'one which will be very efiectlve and satisfactory for the purpose intended.

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same. which consists in the features of Fig. 3 is a view taken on the line 3--3 of Fi 2, looking in the direotionof arrows;

Fig. 4. is an edge view of the clip itself when removed from the lens holder, this showingthe fact that, when the clip Y, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented Sept. 2, 1919..

application filed April 11. 1919. Serial No. 2%.4452.

illustrated in the drawing is removed, it sprln s into a curved or arcuate form.

Re erring to the drawing the goggles thereens in many cases they will be made of plane glass and simply perform the function of protecting the eyes from excessive glare or from the lnjurious effect of certain kinds of light rays, or from the entrance of particles of dust, etc., into the eyes.

The lens holders 5 and 6 have their back edges 9 and 10 of suitable'curvature or contour to seat evenly against the face of the wearer, and thereby most eflectually protect the eyes against the entrance of dust particles, etc. Straps or the like 11 and 12 are connected to the outer portions of the guards 5 and 6, so that said straps may be passed around the back of the wearers head for the purpose of holding the goggles in position.

A flexible connection or bridge piece 13 serves to join the two halves of the goggles together, said bridge piece serving also as a support over the nose-0f the wearer. v

I will now explain the construction and arrangement which I have invented for se curing the lenses or glasses in position in the guards or holders and for joining the two guards to the bridge piece. Each of the guards 0r lenses is provided with an A wire spring cli 15 is provided for holding the lens in p ace against said shoulder. For this purpose the guard is provided with the inner and outer slotted openings 16 and 17 through which portions of this spring clip 15 are passed so as to hold :the spring clip firmly against the peripheral ortion of the lens or glass. The spring (3 ip is convenoutwardly facing shoulder 14 shown partic'ularlv in Fig. 3 against which the corresponding lens or glass rests.

iently made in the form of a substantially circular clip of spring wire, its. central por-. tion 18 being so formed as to pass through the slotted opening 16 and provide an eye into which the bridge piece 13 may be connected. The outer ends 19 and 20 of the clip are bent outwardly to form hooks or lugs which may be set through the slotted openings 17 so as to lock the spring chp 1n lace. V p Ordinarily the clip 15 should have its arms bent or distorted somewhat in the manner shown in Fig. 4, being bent out or away from the plane, so that when the chp is forced into position against the perlphery of the glass or lens, it will exert a substantially uniform pressure around-the ent1re periphery of the latter.

It is to be observed that, by means of the arrangement herein illustrated and described, the clip performs the two functions of holding the. glass in place, and also establishing the support or eye to which the bridge piece may be connected.

I claim:

1. A pair of goggles comprismg, 1n combination, a pair of eye guards of cylindrical fomvhaving their inner edges formed of suitable contour to conform to the face of the wearer, each of said guards having an outwardly facing shoulder near its outer edge, and having diametrically opposite inner and outer slots adjacent to said shoulder, a glass or lens seated against the shoulder of each guard, a spring clip seated against the glass or lens of each guard, each of said clips comprising a spring member having its central portion suitably formed to provide an eye when passing through the inner slot of the guard and having its outer ends suitably formed for engagement with the outer slot of the guard, and a bridge piece joining together the eyes so formed in the two guards, substantially as .described.

2. A pair of goggles comprising, in combination, 'a pair of cylindrical eye guards having their inner edges suitably formed to conform to the surface of the wearer, each guard having an outwardly facing shoulder adjacent to its other edge and having a pair of slotted openings adJacent to said openiing, aflens fir d er 0 eac ar a sprin 'cli en 'n the peripherzfi portion of ea ch l ns o g l as s and having portions adapted to enga e the slotted openings aforesaid, a portion 0 each sprmg chp extending through the inner slotted openings of the guards, and a brid e piece ommg together said portions, su stantially' as described.

3. A pair of goggles comprising, in combination, a pair 0 guards, each guard having an outwardly to its outer edge and having a slotted openmg adjacent to said shoulder, a lens or glass seated against the shoulder of each ard, a sprmg clip in engagement with t e peripheral portion of each lens or glass and having a portion extending through the slotted opening aforesaid, and a bridge piece joining together the two portions extending through the slotted opemngs of the two guards, substantially as described.

4. A pair of goggles comprising, in combination, a pair 0 cylindrical guards, each guard having a shoulder adjacent to its outer edge and having an opening adjacent to said shoulder, a spring clip in engagement with the peripheral portion of the glass or lens of each guard and having a portion extending through the opening aforesaid, and a bridge piece connecting together the two portions eX-tendin through the openings of the two guards, su stantially as described.

5. A pair of gofggles comprising, in combination, a pair 0 guards, each guard having a shoulder on its interior, a lens or glass in engagement with the shoulder of each guard, there being an opening adjacent to each shoulder, and a spring clip in engagement with the lens or glass of each guard and having a portion extending through the o ening aforesaid for connection with a similar portion of the spring clip in the other guard, substantially as described.

GEO. S. JOHNSTON.

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